How the Old Man Traded It All Away

December. 31,1954      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Folk art–like hand-drawn stills illustrate this sweetly simple pastoral fable, in which a peasant comes into possession of a small fortune—but realizes there are treasures greater than gold.

Růžena Nasková as  Narrator (voice)

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Reviews

Lucybespro
1954/12/31

It is a performances centric movie

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Matialth
1955/01/01

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Chirphymium
1955/01/02

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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Scarlet
1955/01/03

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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